BarCampBirmingham

Ok, So another Barcamp Birmingham is in the books! And now we would like to thank everyone for participating in making this another great year for Barcamp Birmingham.

Thank you to our attendees; You are the reason for this event and we hope you enjoyed it and learned something.

Thank you to our volunteers; your efforts large and small made this event happen.

Thank you to our sponsors; the resources you provided were invaluable.

Sponsors

Infomedia

Daxko

UAB IEM

IPSA

Dealnews

Brighthouse networks

HUGE thanks to all of our volunteers:

We appreciate the time these people took out of their lives, and all the big and small things they did to make Barcamp Birmingham 5 a success.

Daniel Walters

Mykel Alvis

Elena McBride

Michael Crump

Note: For those interested in the talks that were given please check out by this post generously put together by Matt Slay: http://mattslay.com/barcamp-birmingham-2011-sessions/

Mark your calendars and get ready: BarCamp Birmingham 5 is set for Saturday, Aug. 6, at the UAB Business & Engineering Complex. BarCamp is Birmingham’ free geek “unconference” that’s equal parts networking, knowledge-building and fun. Each year we  bring together the brightest minds from the new media, tech, entrepreneurial and geek communities. But it’s only as good as you make it—to get to the good stuff, you gotta give up some of the good stuff. Attendees are encouraged to get involved through volunteering, presenting an insightful session, or inspiring and leading community learning through active discussion and networking.

Past topics include: technology, marketing, juggling, startups, development, social media, gadgets, communities, design, hardware hacking, UI design, entrepreneurship, AJAX, open source software,  mobile computing, programming languages, the future of technology, and much, much more!

Registration is now open just follow the link: http://www.barcampbirmingham.org/registration

The turnout this year was a bit smaller but that made the talks and interaction even better! So we would like to thank everyone for participating in making this another great year for Barcamp Birmingham.

Thank you to our attendees; You are the reason for this event and we hope you enjoyed it and learned something.

Thank you to our volunteers; your efforts large and small made this event happen.

Thank you to our sponsors; the resources you provided were invaluable.

Sponsors

Infomedia

Daxko

VM Technologies

UAB IEM

Brighthouse networks

Thanks go out to Educator Technologies and Innovation Depot for hosting us!

HUGE thanks to all of our volunteers:

We appreciate the time these people took out of their lives, and all the big and small things they did to make Barcamp Birmingham 4 a success.

Wade Kwon

Tom Brander

Randy Archer

Karla Porter

Daniel Leverett Powell

Tim Bowden

Travis Bryant

… I am sure to have missed some people so whoever I missed thank you!

A few last notes:

• If you interested in Volunteering to help in 2011: http://itswa.de/barcamp-volunteer
• Stay tuned for some video by Randy Archer
• If you have any photos please add them to our flickr group!

We only have 5 days before barcamp birmingham 4 kicks off! We are still looking for people who are interested in helping out the day of the event. We are currently needing people to help with the following.

1) Someone to stay at the sign-in table and direct people to the staging area

2) People to keep time and direct people in each room (around 3 people needed)

3) people to help setup the rooms.

4) People to video talks.  (if you have the equipment and are interested in taking some of the talks let us know)

If you are interested in helping out please comment on this post or email me at henry.mcbride <at> gmail.com

With BarCampBirmingham 4 just around the corner we wanted to update everyone on some of the changes we have had to make. Previously we have provided food and t-shirts for free at the Barcamp Events. This year we will not be able to provide free lunch and t-shirts due to the other expenses doubling. We will try to provide snacks and drinks during the event though. We will try to find a place we can go get some food as a large group that Saturday though.

Otherwise the event is the same as ever. Once you arrive be sure to post your topic idea on the board and then we will vote on the best ones and set the schedule. Make sure you take some time to meet new people and come prepared to learn!

We need your help! We have only 2 weeks left before the next barcamp. Its time for the last push spread the word and get people signed up. We need people who are attending to register as soon as possible. You need to be registered by the end of next week at the latest to guarantee there will be enough food for you.

How else can you help spread the word? Write a blog post about BarCampBirmingham4. You can also join the BarCampBirmingham group on Facebook or just become a fan. If you tweet about BarCampBirmingham, use the #barcampbham to tag the post so we can track it. You can also follow BarCampBirmingham on Twitter. You can Email your friends and family and Email your co-workers.

BarCampBirmingham4 will be held Aug. 28, 2010 at Innovation Depot in Downtown Birmingham. You can register online at http://barcampbirmingham.org/registration/